The VOC is presented by the Georgia Osteopathic Medical Association (GOMA), the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS), the Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA), the North Carolina Osteopathic Medical Association (NCOMA), the Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA), the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon (OPSO) and the Tennessee Osteopathic Medical Association (TOMA). This conference … Read More
Course Director: Frank Willard, PhD Frank Willard, PhD, earned a PhD in anatomy from the University of Vermont. He is a professor in the Anatomy Department at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he was named Professor of the Year in 1989. That same year, he was selected as the American … Read More
Course Objectives: • To provide participants with an understanding of the post-natal changes in the pediatric head; the role they play in common issue in the newborn, infant, and young child; and the approach to diagnosis and management. • Common issues such as torticollis, plagiocephaly, suckling dysfunction, otitis media, etc. will be discussed. Course Director: … Read More
This course aims to build upon our already existing understanding of anatomy and physiology through a more complete perspective and rediscover what was always in front of our eyes and under our hands: emotion. The course will explore the duality of emotion and the somatic system in which it stores itself to form one integral, … Read More
The course is organized into two parts—a structural approach and a functional approach: The structural approach is aimed at the vascular, nervous, meningeal, ocular, barometric, and cerebrospinal fluid circulation systems. The functional approach explores the sense of smell, hearing, sight, language, coordination, proprioception, emotions, etc. Course Director: Kenneth J. Lossing, DO Featured Speaker: Jean-Pierre Barral, … Read More
This introductory course will provide practical knowledge in medical acupuncture to practicing physicians. Many osteopathic physicians lack the opportunity to learn applicable acupuncture techniques for their clinical practices. We aim to provide simple but novel osteopathic manipulative treatments utilizing acupuncture. Course Director: Yein Lee, DO, MMS
This course will: Provide basic and refresher knowledge and skills for program directors and core teaching faculty who supervise osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in clinics. Help MD students and graduates obtain the prerequisites for entering osteopathic-recognized residencies. Be valuable for clinicians interested in adding OMT to their skill set. Through a combination of lectures and … Read More
This class will explore the movement patterns that occur during the pelvic gait cycle and how these movements transfer into the bones of the cranium. Students will learn how to diagnose and treat gait restrictions and their concomitant moment patterns in the skull. Finally we will explore the correlations between Sutherland’s cranial strain patterns and … Read More
This course is based on the life work of Robert C. Fulford, DO, in osteopathy, life energy, vibration and the use of the percussion vibrator. This course introduces these basic osteopathic philosophic and practice principles that Dr. Fulford perfected is his over 55 years of exploration and clinical practice. This is the same course Dr. … Read More